Re: Robot Odyssey

[Eric Jacobs <no@no.no>]

Martin Tuck wrote:
> 
> Eric Jacobs (no@no.no) wrote:
> 
> : There was an Easter Egg in level 2, "The Secret Room of Public Knowledge".
> : Was that around in 1.0, or was it new with 2.0?
> 
>         I don't remember seeing any such thing.  Bummer.  Where about was
> the "Secret Room..." located, and what was the trick?
> 

Look for this room in the Subway (it's near the passage to Robotroplatz
station)

   Secret
     v
XXXXX XXXX    X
    X X  X    XXXXXX
X        X
XXXXXXXXXX

X
XXXXXXXXXXXX
         XXXXXXXXXXX

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX


You walk exactly through the secret exit here (it's easiest with the
keyboard moving one pixel at a time). If you move too fast you'll miss
it & go right through to the next room. You can also get it coming
from the other direction.

You enter in a room with the following message:


     Congratulations!!

     You have reached the Secret
     Room of Public Knowledge.

     This game is dedicated to
     Warren Robinett, author of
     Atari Adventure, Rocky's
     Boots and the animation
     utility underlying Robot
     Odyssey I.



It's a reference to a similar secret in Adventure itself, where
you see the message "Created by Warren Robinett" in a secret room.
Virtually no games back then had the author's name anywhere, not
even on a title screen, and some think that was why Robinett left
Atari. In any event, the "Secret Room of Public Knowledge" appeared
again in Robot Odyssey with this dedication message.

Adventure is actually a pretty neat little game with the Robot
Odyssey style of different rooms and picking up and different
objects, etc. It was actually a new concept back in its day.